News

6/2/2020
In his recently published book, “Opus in Brick and Stone: The Architectural and Planning Heritage of Texas Tech University,” architect and author Brian Griggs reveals how Texas Tech’s roots became intertwined with UMass Lowell nearly a century ago.

6/1/2020
Manning School of Business student Michael Hulen started his own face mask business, STATEMENT, last fall — nearly six months before the coronavirus pandemic made wearing a mask in public a requirement across much of the country.

5/29/2020
Commencement 2020 wasn’t what anyone pictured, least of all the thousands of graduating students, or the families that supported them.

5/28/2020
With help from undergraduates, the Center for Public Opinion expanded its polling in 2020, measuring approval ratings for political leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic and taking the temperature of Democratic primary voters in key early voting states.

5/22/2020
For nearly three hours on the last night of spring semester’s finals, current and former students of the Music Department gathered online with faculty and friends to cut loose in song. Even the department head chimed in.

5/28/2020
Gov. Charlie Backer joined Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney for an afternoon visit to UMass Lowell's Fabric Discovery Center, which has received funding through the state Manufacturing Emergency Response Team to conduct testing of locally produced personal protective equipment.

5/21/2020
UMass Lowell’s Fabric Discovery Center received $130,781 to buy PPE performance testing equipment. The public university is planning to screen N95 respirators, gowns and face masks and work with manufacturers to fix products that don’t pass the tests.

5/18/2020
Lowell General Hospital chief medical officer Arthur Lauretano, M.D., received a master's in Healthcare Management and Clinical Informatics from UMass Lowell.

4/3/2020
Joan Marchessault ’00 found a creative way to thank the health-care workers providing hospice care for her 96-year-old mother.

3/26/2020
Experts including UMass Lowell Clinical Assistant Prof. Jennifer Nicoloro, who directs the university’s undergraduate medical laboratory science program, speak about social distancing and its effectiveness.